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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics B · All papers (1, 2) · Algebra

The factorisation of simple algebraic expressions

Marks, papers and a question to try for 4MB1 the factorisation of simple algebraic expressions.

All sittings since 2019

In the papers analysed (January 2019 to November 2025, 42 papers).

What the papers show

Share of marks
1.3% of the marks analysed
How often
On 18 of 42 papers analysed
Which papers
Paper 1 (calculator allowed)
Usual command words
factorise, find
Difficulty
on the easier side (2.1 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
Last seen
November 2025

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